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BURLEYCUES
Definition of BURLEYCUES
Wiktionary has no entry for BURLEYCUES itself. This is its base word, BURLEYCUE.
noun
Alternative form of burlecue.
BURLECUE
noun
Burlesque (adult entertainment show).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BURLEYCUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURLEYCUES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEELRSUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once.
Words that start BURLEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BURLEYCUES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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